Zenith - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVIII Hong Kong Friday, May 24, 2024 | Phillips
  • 製造商: Zenith
    年份: Circa 1970
    錶殼號碼: M.M. 201’390
    型號名稱: Cronometro Tipo CP-2, "Cairelli"
    材料: Stainless steel
    機芯: Manual, cal. 146DP, 17 jewels
    錶帶/ 錶鏈: Leather
    錶扣: Stainless steel unsigned pin buckle
    尺寸: 43mm diameter
    簽名: Case, dial and movement signed; dial further signed by retailer
    配件: Accompanied by A. Cairelli Roma fitted presentation box.

  • 圖錄文章

    During the 1960s to 1970s, the Italian Air Force known as the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI) commissioned Zenith to produce a special wristwatch for its pilots to be used during missions. The Zenith "A. Cairelli" Tipo CP-2 (Cronometro da Polso Tipo 2), meaning wristwatch type 2, quickly became an important and highly sought-after vintage chronograph. With its large 43mm case size and black dial, the watch exudes a rugged and robust aesthetic. It is believed that approximately 2,500 examples were manufactured, however, the contract was terminated prematurely, leading to the remaining watches being sold through A. Cairelli in Rome to civilians without military issue numbers engraved on their casebacks.

    Consequently, the present watch represents a rare military-issued version, as evidenced by the engraving on its caseback, which reads "A.M.I. CRONOMETRO TIPO CP-2 M.M. 201390". The dial is characterized by its large, bold, luminous Arabic numerals, with the A. Cairelli signature located at the 6 o'clock position. Considering that the present Zenith Tipo CP-2 is a military-issued timepiece, its exceptional state of preservation is truly impressive. The dial is clean, and the luminous indexes have aged gracefully and uniformly to a subtle ivory color, which complements the hands. This particular example is one of the finest to be offered at auction and even comes with the original A. Cairelli Roma presentation box, further enhancing its desirability.

  • 藝術家簡介

    Zenith

    Swiss • 1865

    Since Zenith's beginnings, founder George Favre-Jacot sought to manufacture precision timepieces, realizing quality control was best maintained when production was housed under one roof. Zenith remains one of the few Swiss manufacturers to produce their own in-house movements to this day.

    Today, the brand is best known for the "El Primero," the firm's most successful automatic chronograph movement. In an interesting twist of fate, the company that owned Zenith during the 1970s decided to move on to quartz movements and therefore sought to destroy the parts and tools necessary to make mechanical movements. One watchmaker realized this folly and hid the tools and parts before they were destroyed. In 1984, he returned them to Zenith so they could once again make the El Primero movement.

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真力時,「Cronometro Tipo CP-2, "Cairelli"」,精細罕有,精鋼計時腕錶,備黑色夜光錶盤、可旋轉錶圈,特為義大利空軍製作,由A. Cairelli Roma銷售,約1970年製。附錶盒

Circa 1970
43mm diameter
Case, dial and movement signed; dial further signed by retailer

估價
HK$55,000 - 85,000 
€6,600-10,200
$7,100-10,900

成交價HK$101,600

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVIII

香港拍賣 2024年5月24至25日